FAISALABAD: The Customs Adjudication Deputy Collector Asma Hameed has issued a show cause notice to owner of non duty paid cigarettes and soaps which were brought into country through unauthorized routes.
Sources told Customs Today that Mianwali Anti Smuggling Organization intercepted a vehicle near M.M Alam Raod Mianwali and recovered huge quantity of smuggled cigarettes and soaps. The team asked the owner/driver of the vehicle who was identified as Mohammad Aqib Tanveer to provide documents regarding legal import of the cigarettes and soaps but he failed to produce any legal documents regarding possession of the above said items. Therefore, the officials impounded the goods under customs laws and forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
Now, deputy Collector Asma Hameed issued notice to the accused person on the violation of Section 10-A. 89(1) and 156(1) of the Customs Act, 1969 punishable under Section 156(1)89 of the Custom Act, 1969 and served him a show cause notice as to why the seized item should not be confiscated under aforementioned provisions of the law besides penal action as warranted in law.
However, the adjudication has directed the accused to file reply on next date of hearing. The seizing agency has also been directed to file reply in the respective case.
The adjudication authority also directed Deputy Collector Muhammad Umer Bhatti to attend the hearing on schedule date along with relevant record.
